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US president Donald Trump claimed that his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is a “dictator without elections”.

Our live blog explains why elections in Ukraine have been delayed and looks at how other democracies have approached elections while at war in the past.

Wartime votes

Social media posts have claimed that new tax thresholds mean people earning more than £37,700 will pay the 40% rate of income tax.

This isn’t the case. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland the 40% higher rate of income tax is generally only paid on income between £50,271 and £125,140.

Tax rates

The Sun claimed that the government has wasted an £8 billion research fund on so-called “woke projects”.

This figure refers to the total annual UK Research & Innovation budget. About £10.4 million has been allocated to projects one think tank described as “woke”.

'Woke' projects